RALEIGH — Modernizing utility incentives, tools and planning and reducing the energy burden for low-income residents are some of the goals laid out in the N.C. Clean Energy Plan, which will be presented to Gov. Roy Cooper by Oct. 1.
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BOONE — Public schools would be exempted from some Valle Crucis Historic District Ordinance requirements under a proposed change discussed at the Sept. 17 Watauga County Board of Commissioners meeting.
BOONE – A dismissed lawsuit seeking damages from the town of Boone has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, based in Richmond, Va., in the latest legal maneuver related to the 2013 Boone Best Western carbon monoxide deaths.
The following information is courtesy of the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
BOONE – While construction of Blue Ridge Energy’s substation in the Rutherwood area along U.S. 421 near the intersection with Old U.S. 421 is still two or three years away, the site prep has been ongoing in 2019, according to local utility Blue Ridge Energy.
ZIONVILLE — A Mountain City, Tenn., man was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash on Sept. 16 after his Dodge truck traveled down an embankment off of U.S. 421 in Zionville.
Marjorie Sibley Canaday, of Gorge View Drive, Blowing Rock, N.…
Pauline Greene Hayes, 83, of Boone, N.C., passed away Septembe…
David Harrison Lewis, 66, of Boone, N.C., passed away Septembe…
Nancy Hicks Vannoy, 92, of Todd, N.C., passed away September 1…
Barry Wilson Breeland, 69, of Vilas, N.C., passed away Sunday,…
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I heard the D.O.T. is bringing the new left turn arrangement at all intersection on U.S. 221 between Boone and West Jefferson to other intersections in Boone. To turn left, you have to first turn right, fight your way to the far left lane and make a U-turn to complete the left turn. What a n…
Far too often, after another mass shooting of innocent people in our nation, our politicians and media reporters naturally demand action that “something must be done.” Some call for stronger purchasing restrictions and regulations for gun ownership or banning assault rifles, bump stocks and …
Just when we thought colleges could not spout loonier ideas, we have a new one from American University. They hired a professor to teach other professors to grade students based on their “labor” rather than their writing ability. The professor that American University hired to teach that non…
The Downtown Boone Development Association unveiled a new mural with the downtown Boone logo on Sept. 6. The Watauga High School band played a few pieces for the event. Video by Kayla Lasure.
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